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relations with Historiae 7, 32, 41, 42, 44, 49, 52, 60, 74,
Aegidius 69, 77 254, 257, 260, 267, 269, 270
empire 46, 54, 87, 114, 160, 233, 235 Miracula 269
see also Vandal kingdom; Rome, sack of by Grippo, envoy 233, 235, 260
Geiseric Gudeliva, Ostrogothic queen 179
Gelasius, Pope 218, 285 Guldrimirus, vir inlustris and envoy 234
Lupercalia 166 Gundemar, Visigothic king 260
Gelimer, Vandal king 254, 255, 260, Gundobad, Burgundian king 147, 149, 236,
269 240, 243
generals, generalissimos 235 letters of Theoderic to 179, 184, 207, 257
and ‘battle-field diplomacy’ 9, 19, 70, 263 see also Ennodius, Vita Epiphani; Laconius
as envoys 21, 275 Gundoic, Burgundian king 236
Persian 226 Gundovald, Frankish usurper 258, 260
as recipients of provincial embassies 56 Gunthar, abbot 233
see also Athens Guntiarius, Burgundian leader 97
Gennadius Avienus, see Avienus Guntram, Frankish king 73, 232, 243, 245, 246,
Genovefa of Paris, Vita of 136, 137 249, 255, 258, 260, 270
genres, literary; see chronicles; epitaphs; Guntram Boso, general and envoy 233, 236
hagiography; historiae; letter collections;
letters; panegyric Hadrian, abbot 265
Gensimund, adopted son of ?Theoderic 254 Haesti, king of 179, 182, 257
Gepids 210 hagiography 112, 113–171, 230, 231, 248, 269,
Germanus, bishop of Auxerre 116–137, 239, 276
269 adoption of secular values 115, 136, 137,
ascesis of 126 159, 170
career 118, 127 conventions 33, 121, 132
cultof 282 saintas prophet 122, 123, 156, 165
dates of episcopate 116, 278–282 see also Amator, bishop of Auxerre, Vita;
death 116; see also Constantius, Vita Germani Athanasius (?), Vita Antoni; Constantius,
mass for 136, 143, 279 Vita Germani; Ennodius, Vita Antoni,
see also Constantius, Vita Germani Vita Epiphani; Eugippius, Vita S.
Germanus, priestfrom Arabia 51 Severini; Fulgentius, Vita; Genovefa of
Gesta episcoporum Autissiodorensis 137 Paris, Vita; Hilary, bishop of Arles, Vita;
gifts, see ceremonial Jura fathers, Vitae; labor; Lupus of
Gildas 29 Troyes, Vita; Melania the Younger,
Glycerius, western emperor 152, 154, 284 Vita; miracles; Orientius of Auch, Vita;
Goar, Alan leader 97, 118; see also Constantius, Patrick, Vita; Paulinus, Vita Ambrosii;
Vita Germani Possidius, Vita Augustini; saints; Severus
Godigisclus, Burgundian leader 164 of Vienne, Vita; Stephanus Africanus,
Goths, in Balkans 10, 131, 243; see also Vita Amatoris; Sulpicius Severus, Vita
Adrianople, battle of; Ostrogothic Martini and Dialogi; Vita Marcelli;
kingdom in Italy; Visigothic kingdom Vivianus of Saintes, Vita
in Gaul Heliocrates, envoy 223
Graecus, bishop of Marseilles 162 Helpidius, doctor 236
Gratus, envoy 235 Heraclius, eastern emperor 4, 19, 260
Greece, classical 3 Heraclius, envoy 234
embassies in 11–16 heralds, in classical Greece 14, 259
see also Athens Hermeric, Suevic king 43, 50, 55, 59, 61, 232
Greek, as language of diplomacy 265 Herminafred, Thuringian king 179, 184, 257;
Greeks, Latin stereotypes of 190 see also Thuringians
Gregory I, Pope 266 heros 126–133
Registrum 76, 266, 267 Heruli 69, 182, 189
Gregory of Tours 230, 233, 240, 242, 258, 266, king of 179, 184, 207, 212, 254
269, 271 Hesychius, tribunus (et notarius), envoy 50, 52,
as envoy 233, 238, 243, 245, 255 65
327